He has acted as a business consultant since 2005, supporting enterprises in developing their innovation strategies, with a particular focus on smart objects and artificial intelligence. He is extremely active in the startup ecosystem, supporting startups as a consultant, adviser, conference speaker and author, and is highly rated due to the articles that he curates on his « Opinions Libres » blog. Each year since 2006, he has published his « Startup Guides » and his « CES Report from Las Vegas » since 2006, as well as the eBook « The Uses of Artificial Intelligence » which came out in October 2017. A 1985 graduate of Paris’s Central School, Olivier Erzatty started his career as a software engineer and R&D manager in information technology at Sogitec, then earned his spurs in marketing at Microsoft France, where he became Director of Marketing and Communications, then Director of Developer Relations.